Introducing the RRTC on Employment of People with Physical Disabilities

We are pleased to announce that VCU has received a grant to fund a new Rehabilitation Research and Training Center (RRTC) on Employment of People with Physical Disabilities. The grant was awarded for 4.4 million dollars over 5 years by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR), US Department of Education. The purpose of the RRTC will be to conduct advanced research, training, technical assistance, and dissemination activities specifically to improve the employment outcomes of individuals with physical disabilities. Dr. Paul Wehman is the Principal Investigator and Dr. Katherine Inge is the Project Director. We are also excited to announce our collaboration with Dr. James Krause and his staff at the Medical University of South Carolina, and Dr. Fong Chan at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The new VCU-RRTC will have multiple other partners and collaborators too numerous to mention in this announcement. Watch for additional information soon on our website.

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Functional limitations in TBI and their relationship to job maintenance following work re-entry

Using data from the Job Accommodation Network Information System (JANIS), the utility of self-reported functional limitations was examined in relationship to job maintenance for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) who had returned to work. It was found that memory loss and attention/concentration concerns were the most common functional limitations reported. To further establish which limitations were associated with job maintenance, a binary logistic regression was applied. Results suggested that the presence of medical symptoms and emotional dysregulation were reliably and inversely associated with job maintenance. Implications are provided for further research as well as the practice of rehabilitation counseling. View the article